§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Prime Minister if he will give the total expenditure by the Prime Minister's Office on press and public relations in 1979–80 and in each following year up to and including 1991–92; and if he will give an estimate for 1992–93.
§ The Prime MinisterExpenditure by my office on press and public relations was not recorded separately before 1987–88. The total expenditure for each year since then is as follows:
Year £ 1987–88 377,987 1988–89 419,326 1989–90 427,802 1990–91 553,068 1991–92 1606,933 1992–93 2629,649 1 estimate 2 budget Note: The figures from 1990–91 onwards include notional superannuation costs which are excluded from the figures for earlier years.
§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Prime Minister if he will give the total expenditure by the Cabinet Office on press and public relations in 1979–80 and in each following year up to and including 1991–92; and if he will give an estimate for 1992–93.
§ The Prime MinisterExpenditure by the Cabinet Office on press and public relations for the years from 1984–85 is as follows:
Year £ 1984–85 247,495 1985–86 232,980 1986–87 224,813 1987–88 215,925 1988–89 201,837 1989–90 205,650 1990–91 165,088 1991–92 1217,358 1992–93 2229,471 1estimate 2 budget In addition, there was expenditure on publicity and public information associated with the citizens charter of £1,014,045—estimate—in 1991–92. Similar expenditure in 1992–93 is provisionally estimated at £1,280,000.
Similar information is not available for earlier years.